REGIONAL NEWS
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Nigeria Now World’s Largest Cassava Producer – Agric Minister
Minister of State of Agriculture and Rural Development, Heineken Lokpobiri, who represented the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief…
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Africa Can Feed itself and the World, Why Not?
“Agriculture, across Africa, must now be taken as a business – to generate wealth and rapidly diversify our economies –…
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Climate Change is threating Food production in Africa
Africa’s food crops are currently in danger. Climate change is challenging food security in many parts of the world including…
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Japan pumps CFA 1.3 billion into Cameroon’s agric sector
Japan has donated CFA 1.3 billion to Cameroon within the framework of the implementation of the Agricultural Markets Investment and…
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Africa must invest in its youth – UNFPA boss
Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, has urged African…
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Ivorian ex-president pleads not guilty to war crimes
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo pleaded not guilty to charges of planning post-election violence that left 3,000 dead, as his…
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Let’s Invest in Irrigation As Rain-Fed Agric Wobbles
AN estimated 80 percent of Zimbabwe’s rural population lives in Natural Regions III, IV and V where rainfall is erratic…
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Zambia gets new constitution
Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday assented to a bill that ushers in a new constitution with the Zambian leader…
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In 2016 There Will Be Large Scale Scarcity, Shortage of Food – TB Joshua
Controversial Nigerian ‘Prophet’ T.B. Joshua has released a list of bleak predictions for the New Year 2016, particularly directed towards…
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Discard practices that tag women as witches – First Lady
First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, has underscored the need for traditional authorities to discard cultural practices that tag elderly women…
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